Setonix
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Setonix_brachyurus.jpg/220px-Setonix_brachyurus.jpg)
Etymology
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Proper noun
[edit]Setonix m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – the single species Setonix brachyurus.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia - infraclass; Diprotodontia - order; Macropodiformes - suborder; Macropodidae - family; Macropodinae - subfamily (quokka)
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Setonix brachyurus (species)
Further reading
[edit]quokka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Setonix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Setonix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin sēta ("bristle") and Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux) ("nail").[1]
Noun
[edit]sētonix m or f (genitive sētonichis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.